If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.

Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available. The book’s chapters are loosely connected, so you can go straight to the information that best serves your needs.

Understand the difference between JIRA groups and JIRA project roles

Discover what JIRA schemes do, and learn how to maintain them

Use a consistent configuration approach to help you use JIRA as a platform

Matthew B. Doar

Matt Doar runs Consulting Toolsmiths, a software consultancy inSilicon Valley and has extensive experience configuring andcustomizing JIRA for clients all over the world. He is an Atlassianpartner and is part of the wider Atlassian development community.

He also wrote "Practical Development Environments", O'Reilly (2005)which described the basics of software tools - version control, buildtools, testing, issue trackers, automation.

Matt also runs the blog http://jiradev.blogspot.com which has a number of similar tips, trick and examples for practical JIRA development.